Traffic is bumper to bumper on 10th Street in Jeffersonville as drivers wait to approach the I-65 on ramp. (By Matt Stone, The Courier-Journal) Sept. 15, 2011

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Traffic on Interstate 65 southbound in southern Indiana has broken loose and is moving smoothly to the Kennedy bridge, Trimarc cameras are showing. All other interstates are moving smoothly.

Update: 9:05 a.m.

Traffic continued to move smoothly on all interstates in Louisville and southern Indiana, but remained slow on I-65 southbound in southern Indiana between Eastern Boulevard and the Kennedy bridge.

Update: 8:30 a.m.

Traffic appears to be moving unencumbered on interstates through the Louisville area, except for slow moving traffic on I-65 south from Veterans Parkway to the Kennedy Bridge in Indiana.

No major incidents have been reported so far to Indiana State Police, Sgt. Tim Dossett said.

Update: 7:50 a.m.

Louisville Metro Police are working accidents Thursday morning that could affect morning commutes, but none in areas clogged by the closure of the Sherman Minton Bridge.

Police responded to a two-vehicle non-injury accident on the ramp from Interstate 265 to I-65 north, according to a MetroSafe supervisor. The vehicles have been moved to the shoulder, but they might still slow traffic, she said.

Also, Louisville Metro Police have responded to a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 42 at Falls Creek Road, according to MetroSafe. It was reported at 7:39 a.m. No injuries were reported.

Update: 7:30 a.m.

Despite wet roads and heavy traffic, I-65 south in Clark County in Indiana has had no traffic accidents, Thursday morning according to a Indiana State Police dispatcher.

No incidents have been reported on I-265, either, he said.

Update: 7 a.m.

The backup on I-65 at the Kennedy Bridge on Thursday morning has again reached north to Interstate 265, where traffic also has built up as vehicles coming from the west attempt to merge and toward downtown Louisville.

Update: 6:45 a.m.

Traffic is moving well Thursday morning throughout Southern Indiana and Louisville, dispatchers from law enforcement agencies say.

I-65 southbound in Clark County has backed up farther as the morning rush hour has progressed, but traffic is moving slowly and steadily, said an Indiana State Police dispatcher.

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But no accidents on I-65 have been reported this morning, he said.

Update: 6:20 a.m.

A light rain accompanied by 20 mph winds will fall on the Louisville area Thursday morning throughout the morning commute, according to the National Weather Service.

The rain will end by late morning, said meteorologist Ryan Sharp of the National Weather Service in Louisville. No more rain is forecast for the Louisville area until Sunday.

Update: 6 a.m.

Traffic has begun to slow on Interstate 65 southbound at the Kennedy Bridge on Thursday morning for the fourth morning rush hour since last week’s emergency closing of the Sherman Minton Bridge.

But the heavier traffic resulting from the bridge is not the only traffic obstacle this morning as roadways were left wet by a rainy night.

Louisville Metro police responded at 5 a.m. to an accident on I-65 south in Louisville just after hospital curve, according to a MetroSafe supervisor. No lanes of I-65 are blocked.

Also, the traffic signals at First and Market streets are malfunctioning, the MetroSafe supervisor said.

Otherwise, traffic on roadways in Metro Louisville are moving well, he said.